Do you ‘apply for’ NHS Continuing Healthcare funding?

This is no. 1 in our series of 27 quick tips on NHS Continuing Healthcare…

In a nutshell, no – you don’t apply for NHS Continuing Healthcare in the usual sense. In other words, you don’t have to fill in an application form.

Instead, the process should be automatic.

The Checklist assessment is the first stage of the NHS Continuing Healthcare process, and it should be carried out automatically by a health or social care professional when your relative needs care. This could be a social worker, district nurse, hospital discharge team, etc.

However, this doesn’t always happen, so you may have to ask for a Checklist.

You don’t have to fight this battle alone

Fighting a Continuing Healthcare funding battle alone can feel daunting. If you need to talk to someone about your case, Farley Dwek Solicitors are offering a free initial discussion on the phone. Having a specialist to help you can give you renewed energy and impetus to keep going. Find out more here.

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It takes you step-by-step through the whole NHS Continuing Healthcare process, right from the start, including how to approach the NHS, what should (and shouldn’t) happen, the pitfalls to avoid, what to do and say before, during and after an assessment, what’s right and what’s not, how to challenge decisions, how to pull apart the NHS’s assessment notes, etc.

It gives you a firm understanding of the process and lots of useful and practical information.

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